Chapter 1056 - 1055: Serendipitous Encounter on the Island

Ye Qingchen's face showed surprise as he sized up the grandfather and grandson.

He truly hadn't expected that on this Immortal Sect Island, besides himself, there would be other people. Before he could open his mouth, that solemn old man had already snorted coldly:

"Well, look who it is!"

"Didn't expect it—yet another pitiful wretch swept into the Enchanting Sea Region!"

Ye Qingchen frowned.

Only now did he notice: this grandfather and granddaughter, the old man's cultivation was quite high, already in the ranks of a Top-level Earth Immortal. The young girl had barely stepped into the Human Immortal realm, and seemed to have just broken through not long ago.

Hearing the other party's earlier words, a thought stirred in Ye Qingchen's heart:

"What, you're lost in here?"

"Yes, yes! We've already been trapped here for a long time!" Before the old man could speak, the bright-eyed girl had already blurted everything out in one go.

Only then did Ye Qingchen learn.

This pair of grandfather and granddaughter, the old man was named Du Gang, the young girl was named Du Tingyu. The two were from an Earth Immortal Clan in Southern Heaven, somewhat famous; when they went to sea this time, they accidentally ran into a heavy fog and ended up swept into this sea region.

Most of the people on the same ship had died, while they, though lucky enough to enter this island, had been trapped for a full several years.

They had just heard the commotion here earlier, so they came over specifically.

"We're from 'Taiping City' outside the Ancient Wilderness Mountain Range of Southern Heaven. My grandfather is the City Lord of Taiping City! Where are you from?"

Du Tingyu stared at Ye Qingchen with her dark, limpid eyes; she had been trapped here for far too long.

"I came from the East Sea! As for how I ended up here..."

Ye Qingchen did not continue, and Du Tingyu did not doubt him, merely assuming Ye Qingchen had reasons he couldn't talk about. But Du Gang at the side suddenly asked, "Right, when you came in, did you see anyone else?"

"What other people?" Ye Qingchen asked with a meaningful tone.

As expected.

Du Tingyu said, "It was a group of Half-Step Celestial Immortals. My grandfather says they seem to be people from the Thirty-Six Sects. Several months ago, they also fell into the Enchanting Sea Region. As long as we can get in touch with them, we'll have hope of leaving!"

That group from the Thirty-Six Sects?

Ye Qingchen narrowed his eyes and asked, "And have you managed to contact them?"

"No!"

Du Tingyu shook her head and said:

"We saw them on the island before, but because the inside and outside are isolated, they neither can see us nor hear our voices. Every day at three quarters past Noon, my grandfather releases several marks toward the outside of the sea region..."

Ye Qingchen nodded slightly.

The many islands each formed their own little world, isolated from one another. From inside you could see the scenery outside, but from outside you couldn't see within. Du Tingyu said dejectedly:

"But it was only yesterday that they finally responded!"

Hearing this, Ye Qingchen shook his head inwardly.

The dozens from the Thirty-Six Sects, each one a Half-Step Celestial Immortal; with their strength, if they joined forces, though they might not roam the Enchanting Sea Region as if no one else existed, it would be more than enough for self-preservation!

Since there was a response, they must be somewhere near this island.

"How could he possibly see?" Du Gang stood to the side with his hands clasped behind his back, shaking his head. "This sea region is extremely perilous; only a Celestial Immortal Powerhouse can traverse it at will. For him to reach here, it was already nine deaths out of ten!"

Du Gang had held a sliver of hope when he first heard the commotion.

But when he saw it was Ye Qingchen, his heart instantly chilled by another three parts. Sensing that the other was merely at Earth Immortal Eighth Layer, he became completely despairing. In his eyes, this was just one more pitiful wretch trapped in the Enchanting Sea Region.

Du Tingyu, whose face had originally been full of joy, also had her lovely face fall.

One had to know.

Back when they went to sea, there had been no small number of people, at least close to a thousand. Yet a single storm killed seventy percent; the scattered survivors all perished in this sea region.

If not for their accidental entry onto this island, their bones would likely have long since vanished.

Yet Ye Qingchen paid no attention to their thoughts, instead contemplating the matter of the group from the Thirty-Six Sects. The Enchanting Sea Region was so vast that even he had no way to quickly locate them.

"Time's up! You come along as well! Since we've met, it's fate—maybe we can take you with us out of the Enchanting Sea Region!" Having said that, Du Gang didn't wait for Ye Qingchen's response and walked into the island with his hands behind his back.

"What's this?"

Just as Ye Qingchen was a bit puzzled—

He heard Du Tingyu say, "Grandfather is going to contact those Half-Step Celestial Immortals!"

Oh?

Hearing this, Ye Qingchen hurried after them.

Before long.

The group had already reached the peak of a reef mountain; the massive summit almost propped up the sky, and above their heads it was as if a huge transparent bowl had been inverted. Standing here, one could see the continuous, unending gales and torrential rain beyond the summit!

Bolts of lightning swept past in waves, illuminating the peak in flickers of light and shadow.

What surprised Ye Qingchen was that on this summit, besides the Du Family's grandfather and granddaughter, there were actually seven or eight other people, their cultivation mostly around the Earth Immortal realm—clearly all people who had accidentally become trapped here.

"This is a little brother who's fallen into the Enchanting Sea Region..."

Du Gang introduced casually.

The others swept their gazes over Ye Qingchen; seeing that he was too young, their faces carried a few hints of disdain, not even bothering to respond.

Ye Qingchen didn't care about this.

He could just as well take in the full view of the island. He saw that this island wasn't large, only about seven or eight li in circumference—of all the islands he had explored, it was the smallest.

At this moment, under everyone's watchful eyes, Du Gang had already arrived at the center of the summit. He took a deep breath, and suddenly his eyes shone with strange light; his robes fluttered without wind, and a vast aura condensed around him.

"Ha!"

He raised his hand and pointed.

A brilliant streak of finger-light roared forth, plunging into the void of gales and rain, flashing past like a shooting star, extraordinarily dazzling. Then Du Gang raised his hand and shot out several more streaks of finger-light.

However.

These streaks of light shot through, traversing the void; to him, this was clearly greatly consuming his True Qi. After just a few fingers, he had nearly exhausted all his cultivation.

"Can this really lure those Half-Step Celestial Immortals over?"

Looking at Du Gang now swaying and barely able to stand, Ye Qingchen couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing.

"What do you know, boy?"

Du Gang wiped the sweat from his forehead, swept a cold glance at Ye Qingchen, and said scornfully:

"Each of those beings is a Half-Step Celestial Immortal. Their strength, their vision—how could you possibly understand? Whether we can escape this place depends on their mood!"

Hearing this, Ye Qingchen let out a silent, wry laugh.

Seeing Ye Qingchen's casual demeanor, Du Tingyu quickly tried to persuade him:

"It's true. Grandfather says those Half-Step Celestial Immortals have extraordinary origins; they're all peak existences from the Thirty-Six Sects. Not only are they incredibly powerful, their backgrounds are astonishingly vast. If we accidentally offend them, we'll die without a burial!"

Ye Qingchen merely smiled without speaking.

He couldn't wait for those people to hurry over!

"That's right, boy! No matter who you are, shut your mouth for me!"

"If you offend those beings, you'll suffer for it!"

"What right do you have to talk like that?"

At this moment.

The other people could no longer sit still and jumped out to accuse Ye Qingchen one after another.

In their eyes.

All hope of escaping the Enchanting Sea Region rested on the Thirty-Six Sects; how could they allow anyone to stir up trouble?

Listening to their rebukes, Ye Qingchen's brows furrowed slightly.

"Boom!"

Before he could speak—

A sudden rumble sounded from the void above. Looking up, they saw the light-screen of the sky suddenly blaze with radiance, and then that patch of sky seemed to be torn open by two invisible giant hands.

Amid endless light, under the stunned gazes of the Du Family's grandfather and granddaughter, they saw a red-lipped, white-toothed, scholarly-looking black-robed monk step out in a single stride, appearing within the island.

The newcomer was none other than the Half-Step Celestial Immortal of the Vajra Temple—

Folo!